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...that was when a minor modern American miracle happened. That crowd of overheated and frustrated New Yorkers began to sing with...
...depending on the group slated for the evening. Another intern is stationed at the studio-adjoining "green room," a woodpaneled room the size of a Wigglesworth double. He or she is prepared with water and coffee for the set, to wait on guests and their handlers and to resolve minor crises: What if, for instance, the car scheduled to pick up Rev. Jesse L. Jackson picks up someone else instead? ("You're telling me your driver doesn't know what Jesse Jackson looks like?" I asked, incredulous...
...stadium--Europe's equivalent of a Bronx cheer. The debacle was so startling that some observers began composing Bubka's professional obituary. Less than two months later, however, he was back in form and set a new record at a meet in Italy. The ascent has continued, with only minor interruptions, ever since...
...soared to ever more dizzying heights, Bubka has come to be seen as a man who does not break barriers so much as toy with them. More than a dozen of his world records have been by one inch or less. Cynics take note: each of those minor increments triggers a lucrative bonus of as much as $50,000 from meet promoters and equipment sponsors. The parsimonious control with which Bubka seems to measure out these achievements has raised eyebrows among purists, who suspect he may have turned the pole vault into a kind of personal cash machine by slicing...
...Russian soldiers of the 245th motorized rifle regiment began pulling out of Chechnya and heading home to Moscow. But whether the troops will stay out of Chechnya is still very much up in the air. In the past, the Kremlin has announced "withdrawals" which have turned out to be minor troop redeployments and rotations. "There's still a long way to go," says TIME's Sally Donnelly. "About 45,000 Russian troops are still stationed in Chechnya right now. No dramatic peace initiatives will happen before the election, and a lot could still go wrong on the ground." The ingredients...